(2966) Korsunia
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Asteroid (2966) Korsunia  | 
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt | 
| Major semi-axis | 2.4478 ± 0.0001 AU | 
| eccentricity | 0.1388 ± 0.0003 | 
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.108 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.7877 ± 0.0001 AU | 
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.5447 ± 0.0327 ° | 
| Length of the ascending node | 46.4197 ± 0.8723 ° | 
| Argument of the periapsis | 197.4159 ± 0.8839 ° | 
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 22, 2019 | 
| Sidereal period | 3.83 a ± 0.0676 d | 
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.878 ± 0.282 km | 
| Albedo | 0.223 ± 0.282 | 
| Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag | 
| history | |
| Explorer | 
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| Date of discovery | May 13, 1977 | 
| Another name | 1977 EB 2 ; 1981 JL | 
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(2966) Korsunia ( 1977 EB 2 ; 1981 JL ) is an approximately nine kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt , which was discovered on May 13, 1977 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) on the peninsula Crimea ( IAU code 095) was discovered.
designation
(2966) Korsunia was named after the ancient city of Chersonese on the Crimean peninsula , which is called Korsun in Slavonic .
See also
Web links
- (2966) Korsunia in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
 - (2966) Korsunia in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
 
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 27, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 EB 2 . Discovered 1977 Mar. 13 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
 
| predecessor | asteroid | successor | 
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| (2965) Surikov | numbering | (2967) Vladisvyat |